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scrub-bird

/skruhb-burd/US // ˈskrʌbˌbɜrd //

灌木鸟,灌灌鸟,灌木鸟类,灌木丛鸟

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : either of two Australian passerine birds of the genus Atrichornis, related to the lyrebirds, having a loud voice and reduced powers of flight: A. clamosus is endangered.

Examples

  • Do as Tumblr has done and scrub her last words off the Internet—erase everything she wanted the world to hear.

  • It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.

  • While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.

  • Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.

  • Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.

  • Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.

  • The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.

  • Many of his bird neighbors,p. 31 for instance, liked the same things to eat that he did.

  • Although the bird people didn't know it, he was anxious to reach his grandchildren.

  • And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.